North Korea’s solid-fuel missile salvo sends clear message to US, ROK



Analysis North Korea’s solid-fuel missile salvo sends clear message to US, ROK First-of-its-kind exercise underscores difficulty of preemption as DPRK diversifies the forms of its missile launches Ankit Panda March 10, 2023 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON North Korea's first-ever salvo launch of solid-fuel short-range ballistic missiles on March 9, 2023 \| Image: Rodong Sinmun (March 10, 2023), edited by NK Pro With large-scale U.S.-South Korean springtime exercises around the corner, North Korea has once again made good on its promise to carry out unprecedented military responses to such joint drills. Pyongyang first did so last month by carrying out the first-ever intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch that it described primarily as an operational exercise, assessing that “military threats of the U.S. and south Korea are getting serious to the extent that can not be overlooked.” Now, on Thursday evening, leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the first-ever salvo launch of at least six close-range Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01Top North Korean officials get bodyguards in likely security and status upgrade 02How Trump could reshape US strategy for countering North Korean cyber threats 03North Korea reveals new vertical take-off drones amid ‘modern warfare’ push 04How long-range strikes on Russia could impact North Korean troop deployments 05How North Korean hackers and IT workers collude to cause chaos 06What pro-Trump think tanks reveal about his likely North Korea policy priorities 07Yoon bet on US to deter North Korea. Now he faces an alliance skeptic in Trump. 08All the question marks hanging over Trump’s approach to North Korea in term two 09Time almost up for North Korea’s plan to launch 3 military satellites in 2024 10Trump return rekindles prospects of North Korea talks, but Russia stands in way

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North Korea’s solid-fuel missile salvo sends clear message to US, ROK

First-of-its-kind exercise underscores difficulty of preemption as DPRK diversifies the forms of its missile launches

Ankit Panda March 10, 2023

North Korea’s solid-fuel missile salvo sends clear message to US, ROK

North Korea's first-ever salvo launch of solid-fuel short-range ballistic missiles on March 9, 2023 | Image: Rodong Sinmun (March 10, 2023), edited by NK Pro

With large-scale U.S.-South Korean springtime exercises around the corner, North Korea has once again made good on its promise to carry out unprecedented military responses to such joint drills.

Pyongyang first did so last month by carrying out the first-ever intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch that it described primarily as an operational exercise, assessing that “military threats of the U.S. and south Korea are getting serious to the extent that can not be overlooked.”

Now, on Thursday evening, leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the first-ever salvo launch of at least six close-range

North Korea’s solid-fuel missile salvo sends clear message to US, ROK

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